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Abbot Thomas

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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

Mr. Montague Rhodes James was a medievalist scholar and provost of both King's College and Eton College.  His stories have a strong foundation in historical research with an element of truth at their core, making their plots almost believable. The main characters of his tales are often archaeologists or antiquaries. This was fitting, for in 1902, M.R. James himself discovered a manuscript fragment which led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries. He also catalogued many of the manuscript libraries of the University of Cambridge and translated the Book of Baruch from its original Ethiopic in 1879. Being such an authority in the experiences of historical research puts him in a league all of his own when it comes to ghost stories and you feel as if you can just reach out and touch the characters of his gripping plots. I give you one of his best, "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas." My website: https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/ Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/CatholicMensPodcast Email me at: michaelsword7@gmail.com Attributions:The Chamber by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamberLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Other Side of the Door by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4500-the-other-side-of-the-doorLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mr. Montague Rhodes James was a medievalist scholar and provost of both King's College and Eton College. His stories have a strong foundation in historical research with an element of truth at their core, making their plots almost believable. The main characters of his tales are often archaeologists or antiquaries. This was fitting, for in 1902, M.R. James himself discovered a manuscript fragment which led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries. He also catalogued many of the manuscript libraries of the University of Cambridge and translated the Book of Baruch from its original Ethiopic in 1879. Being such an authority in the experiences of historical research puts him in a league all of his own when it comes to ghost stories and you feel as if you can just reach out and touch the characters of his gripping plots. I give you one of his best, "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas." My website: <a href="https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/</a> Leave me a voicemail: <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/CatholicMensPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.speakpipe.com/CatholicMensPodcast</a> Email me at: michaelsword7@gmail.com Attributions: The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod Link: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber</a> License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a> The Other Side of the Door by Kevin MacLeod Link: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4500-the-other-side-of-the-door" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4500-the-other-side-of-the-door</a> License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

#68 The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M.R. James

Of course, Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without gathering by the fireside for a reading of a tale by the great MR James. And so here's a story considered by many to be one of his finest... 

Of course, Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without gathering by the fireside for a reading of a tale by the great MR James. And so here's a story considered by many to be one of his finest...

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 17 – The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

ITS CHRISTMAS! So you know what that means. Thats right, ghost stories.  Join us as we watch one of the M R James Ghost Stories for Christmas, 1974's The Treasure of Abbot Thomas.  Its an Edwardian Indiana Jones movie!

ITS CHRISTMAS! So you know what that means. Thats right, ghost stories. Join us as we watch one of the M R James Ghost Stories for Christmas, 1974's The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Its an Edwardian Indiana Jones movie!

EP 17 Treasure of Abbot Thomas

In this episode Will &amp; Mike follow M.R. James on a terrifying treasure hunt to Germany in ‘The Treasure of Abbot Thomas’. Show notes:  Steinfeld Abbey &amp; Glass (also see Googlemaps) Read about the read-world location of this story on wikipedia. The Treasure of Steinfeld Abbey, A Visit to the Scene of “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas” by Helen Grant Interesting account of a visit to Steinfeld, in which Helen Grant compares the real abbey to the one described by M.R. James. Ashridge Park This story was inspired by James’s own study of the stained glass at Ashridge Park in 1904. The glass is now in the Victoria &amp; Albert museum in London, and the park is now home to Ashridge Business School (check out the cool virtual tour!) Steinfeld stained glass in Wales To illustrate how widely glass from Germany and Belguim circulated in Britain, here some more of the Steinfeld stained glass shows up in a church in Wales! Review at GhostingImages.com An excellent review of the 1974 tv version. Origin of “Gare à qui la touche” (“Woe to he that touches it”) The origin of this ominous phrase appears to be Napoleonic! An Introduction to Classical Cryptography by William Stalling A useful guide for those who wish to get their head around the cryptographic puzzles solved by Mr Somerton. ‘A Pleasing Terror’ (Ash Tree Press) This definitive anthology of and commentary on James work is now available as an e-book. Ghost Stories of Christmas at the BFI Mediateque You can currently watch the BBC’s classic M.R. James tv adaptations at the BFI Mediateque centres. 

<a href="http://www.mrjamespodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/gargoyle250x250.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>In this episode Will &amp; Mike follow M.R. James on a terrifying treasure hunt to Germany in ‘The Treasure of Abbot Thomas’. Show notes: <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinfeld_Abbey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steinfeld Abbey &amp; Glass</a> (also see <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Kloster+Steinfeld&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=50.500708,6.563859&amp;spn=0.020391,0.038238&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hq=Kloster+Steinfeld&amp;radius=15000&amp;t=m&amp;z=15" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Googlemaps</a>) Read about the read-world location of this story on wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="The Treasure of Steinfeld Abbey A Visit to the Scene of " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Treasure of Steinfeld Abbey, A Visit to the Scene of “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas”</a> by Helen Grant Interesting account of a visit to Steinfeld, in which Helen Grant compares the real abbey to the one described by M.R. James.</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashridge_Park" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashridge Park</a> This story was inspired by James’s own study of the stained glass at Ashridge Park in 1904. The glass is now in the Victoria &amp; Albert museum in London, and the park is now home to Ashridge Business School (check out the cool <a href="http://www.ashridge.org.uk/website/content.nsf/wCOR/Corporate~Ashridge+360+Virtual+Tour?opendocument" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">virtual tour</a>!)</li> <li><a href="http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Medieval-glass-windows-cleaned-600-years/story-14344093-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steinfeld stained glass in Wales</a> To illustrate how widely glass from Germany and Belguim circulated in Britain, here some more of the Steinfeld stained glass shows up in a church in Wales!</li> <li><a href="http://ghostingimages.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/a-ghost-story-for-christmas-the-treasure-of-abbot-thomas-1974/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Review at GhostingImages.com</a> An excellent review of the 1974 tv version.</li> <li><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mFcMAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA826&amp;lpg=PA826&amp;dq=Gare+%C3%A0+qui+la+louche&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Kj0udDcio2&amp;sig=iKpUBhZJ6gulT-vdEAgblfiD-Vk&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=mWkpT6ucEIO98gO_vcXGAw&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q=Gare%20%C3%A0%20qui%20la%20louche&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origin of “Gare à qui la touche” (“Woe to he that touches it”)</a> The origin of this ominous phrase appears to be Napoleonic!</li> <li><a href="http://williamstallings.com/Extras/Security-Notes/lectures/classical.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Introduction to Classical Cryptography</a> by William Stalling A useful guide for those who wish to get their head around the cryptographic puzzles solved by Mr Somerton.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/eBooks.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘A Pleasing Terror’</a> (Ash Tree Press) This definitive anthology of and commentary on James work is now available as an e-book.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/mediatheque/new_mediatheque_collections/a_ghost_story_for_christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ghost Stories of Christmas at the BFI Mediateque</a> You can currently watch the BBC’s classic M.R. James tv adaptations at the BFI Mediateque centres.</li> </ul>